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sweetish

[ swee-tish ]

adjective

  1. somewhat sweet.


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Other Words From

  • sweetish·ly adverb
  • sweetish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweetish1

First recorded in 1570–80; sweet + -ish 1

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Example Sentences

Kathmandu greeted me with the familiar, sweetish stench of the metropolis, although the city’s pulsing and swarming had disappeared with everyone staying home.

I enjoy how mild and bland and slightly sweetish it is, and that blandness makes turkey a perfect leftover food.

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Houston could smell the sweetish, pungent odor in his helmet.

He gasped and a sweetish, sickening breath filled his lungs, he tried to struggle, but iron arms held him helpless.

It has an agreeable and somewhat sweetish flavour, and when boiled in milk it tastes like the chestnut.

Fernand spoke English glibly, with hardly more accent than a sweetish thickness.

Such potatoes, which are characterized by a peculiar sweetish taste, should be used as soon as possible after being thawed.

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